An embodiment includes a system comprising: an iodine containing thermoset open-cell shape memory polymer (SMP) foam that is x-ray visible; wherein (a) the SMP foam is configured to expand from a compressed secondary state to an expanded primary state in response to thermal stimulus, (b) the SMP foam is a poly(urethane-urea-amide). Other embodiments are described herein.

Resistive heating elements are embedded in a shape memory polymer actuator. Sensing elements are associated with the resistive heating elements. The sensing elements sense changes in the resistive heating elements and correlate the changes with deformation of the shape memory polymer actuator.

An amorphous thermoset thiourethane polymer, comprising a sequential chain of a first type of monomer covalently bonded to a second type of monomer via thiourethane linkages, wherein the first type of monomer includes two or more thiol functional groups and the second type of monomer includes two or more isocyanate functional groups. Methods of synthesizing the polymer, bio-electronic devices comprising the polymer and methods of manufacturing such devices are disclosed.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide compositions and methods related to articles that display reversible photoresponsive behavior.

A wearable device including a body having one or more embedded electronic components, the body further including a thermoset material having a polymeric backbone with at least one urethane linkage and a glass transition temperature. At a first temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the body has an original shape. When the body is heated to a second temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature, the body is deformable from the original shape to a first shape and when the body is cooled to a third temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the first shape is maintained. The body is further configured to transition from the first shape to the original shape when the body is heated from the third temperature to a fourth temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature.

The invention provides composite materials comprising a shape change element and an optical change element, which elements undergo a change in response to an applied stimulus. Also provided are objects that include the subject shape changing materials, as well as methods of making and using the same.

An embodiment includes a system comprising a thermoset polyurethane shape memory polymer (SMP) foam that includes at least one antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial agent may include at least one phenolic acid that is a pendent group chemically bonded to a polyurethane polymer chain of the SMP foam. Other embodiments are described herein.

A preparation method of thermadapt shape memory polymers includes: (1) synthesis of pendant hydroxyl groups functionalized epoxy oligomer using epoxy resin and alcohol amine; (2) synthesis of alkoxyl groups terminated silane crosslinking agent by isocyanate silane coupling agent and diamine; (3) crosslinked shape memory polymers were prepared by condensation reaction of pendant hydroxyl groups functionalized epoxy oligomer and alkoxyl groups terminated silane crosslinking agent. The thermadapt shape memory polymers show high glass transition temperatures and high tensile strength. The original shape of thermadapt shape memory polymers can be reconfigured to a new permanent shape as needed, and thus effectively solving the bottleneck problems of reprocessing or reshape in the traditional crosslinked polymers once after molding. The thermadapt shape memory polymers are suitable for smart materials based on shape memory polymers with complex three-dimensional permanent shapes, and showing unfolding or folding behaviors along with convert to three-dimensional structures under heat stimulation.

An illustrative earpiece for a hearing device includes a first part comprising a first material wherein the first part is a hollow shapeable part adapted to be inserted into an ear of a user, and a second part comprising a second material, the second part arranged on an end of the first part or at least partially embedded therein.

A method of making an ink for use in additive manufacturing of a self-healable and shape-memorizable product includes mixing a diol with isophorone diisocyanate, dimethylacetamide, and dibutyltin dilaurate to form a first solution. The method further includes mixing the first solution with 2-Hydroxyethyl disulfide to form a second solution. The method further includes mixing the second solution with 2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate to form a third solution. The method further includes mixing the third solution with a tributylphosphine, a photoinitiator, and a photoabsorber to facilitate additive manufacturing of the ink.